Teens spent an average of about five hours on their smartphones per day, nearly two hours of which was spent on social media.

University of California, San Francisco investigators measured smartphone app activity during school hours among US ...

The study found that teens spent most of their time on social media apps, with Instagram, TikTok and Snapchat at the top in ...

US high schoolers between the ages of 13 and 18 spend more than an hour per day on phones during school hours, according to ...

People are using smartphones now more than ever — but are these tools hurting us more than helping us? According to the Pew Research Center, 91% of Americans own a smartphone. While they offer ...

Most people use their phones for texting, social media, and photos — the obvious stuff. But smartphones have dozens of ...

Today, most Americans subscribe to home broadband internet and own a smartphone, while about four-in-ten say they're online ...

Despite fears that constant phone scrolling harms mental health, new research shows that smartphones have almost no measurable effect on mood, challenging one of today’s most persistent digital-age ...

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